Far from home

Despite the constant wave of Covid stories, refugees and racism have also been hitting the headlines recently. When reporting on people fleeing from war-torn regions or places of persecution, bulletins often strip away the human story behind a person’s need to escape.

Cinema, for years, has tried to fill that empathy gap; from documentaries such as Waad al-Kateab’s to features including Marc Forster’s and , in which Nadine Labaki cast Iyrian refugee Zain Al Rafeea as her child protagonist. They offer insight